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Sales tax on each September order

sales-tax-by-address · timeout 1200 s · source

The ask

Sent verbatim as the prompt. The agent works in a copy of the workspace below and sees nothing else.

I need the sales tax worked out on each of this month's orders before I invoice them. Use the accountants' rate table and save orders_tax.csv - my note has the rest.

Workspace

  • note_from_carmen.txt
  • orders_2026-09-01_to_2026-09-12.csv
  • sales_tax_table_2026.xlsx

Expected deliverables

  • orders_tax.csv

This task also has a task-specific grader (check.py).

Checks

The task passes only when every required check passes. Reference answers, tolerances, and the planted traps are in the repository, not here.

CheckTypeRequiredFailed (frozen) / 6
requested columnscsv_columnsyes0
every ordercsv_set_equalyes0
row countcsv_row_countyes0
tax per ordercsv_values_matchyes0
rate per ordercustomyes0

Recorded results, complete desk comparison

pass pass, frozen scorer only fail timed out
SystemRepetitionsFrozen / 3Raw / 3Median minutesMean cost (USD)
Proto / DeepSeek V4.1 Flash331.20.0162
Codex / GPT-5.6 sol332.70.2847

Per-attempt check verdicts, raw and frozen verdicts, usage, receipt and artifact hashes for this task are in results/latest/attempts.jsonl under "task": "sales-tax-by-address".